Drug use by the elderly in Southern Brazil;Uso de medicamentos por idosos em região do sul do Brasil

Revista de Saude Publica

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 924-929

  Flores, Liziane Maahs ^a   Mengue, Sotero Serrate ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Elderly; Over the counter drugs; Polypharmacy; Socioeconomic characteristics; Use of medications

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTACID AGENT; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; ANTIULCER AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CARDIAC GLYCOSIDE; CARDIOTONIC AGENT; CARDIOVASCULAR AGENT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM AGENTS; CENTRAL STIMULANT AGENT; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIURETIC AGENT; GASTROINTESTINAL AGENT; LAXATIVE; MINERAL; NON PRESCRIPTION DRUG; PROKINETIC AGENT; SPASMOLYTIC AGENT; VASODILATOR AGENT; VITAMIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CAUCASIAN; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG CLASSIFICATION; DRUG USE; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC CARE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYPHARMACY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAMPLE; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIOECONOMICS;

AGED; BRAZIL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYPHARMACY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF MEDICATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 33646092281     PISSN: 00348910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0034-89102005000600009     Document Type: Article

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